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No. 414,629. Patented Nov. 5, M389.

UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS BEACH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR` TO I'lIMSELF AND ROBERTLYMAN, OF SAMEAPLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,629, dated November5, 1889.

Application tiled May 23, 1889. Serial No. 311,840. (No model.)

To 1f/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS BEACH, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Mop-Heads, of which thefollowing is a speci-Y Iication.

This invention relates to an improvement a part of this specilicat-ion,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all thefigures, Figure l is a View of my improved mop-head. Fig. 2 is the samelooking from beneath. Fig. 3 is a view upon a somewhat smaller scale,showing the folding action of the head during the wringing of the mop.

In said drawings, A represents the socket to which the wooden handle Ais attached.

B B are two cross-arms extending laterally from the socket and having ateach end perforations.

C C are wing-pieces joined to the pieces B by the pivots D D. Thesepivotsv D D are connected together by the cross-piece E, whichcross-piece, in connection with the pieces F F,

` looped to the pivots D, form the holding-Wire.

The upturned ends of the wires F F and the upper ends of the pivots D Dare screwthreaded to receive thumb-nuts G G G G.

The cloth or bers II constituting the mop are inserted between the headand the holding-wires F E F and secured by the tightening of the nuts G.

IVhen the mop is to be wrung by twisting .to action, either by hand orby aid of a inopwrin ger, the wings C C in the act of twisting themop-head will fold in opposite directions, so that the twist given tothe. cloth or iibers can be wrung more readily up to the extreme endthereof, and as a result the water and moisture can be more thoroughlywrung out with the expenditure of less force than is required where thehead is kept extended in the usual manner.

l. As a new article of manufacture, a folding mop-head, substantially asset forth.

' 2. In a folding or hinged mop-head, the combination of the centralstationary part and the two folding wings hinged to the stationary partand provided with the clampingwires FE F, substantially as specified.

3. In a folding mop-head, the central portion having clamping-wire E,and the Wings 6o hinged to said central portion by means of theturned-up ends of said clamping-wire, substantially as specified.

' 4. The combination, with the central stationary part and the hingedwings, of the clamping-wire E, having uptnrned ends D D, constitutingthe pivots of the hinges, the clamping-wires F F, looped to thepivot-wires D D and having upt-urned outer ends, and the nuts `G G G G,substantially as specified. 7o

ELIAS BEACH.

IVitnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, JOHN W. MUNDAY.

